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- From: gse@ida.liu.se (Goran Sedvall)
- Newsgroups: rec.models.scale
- Subject: Re: HELP! SdKfz 11/SdKfz 251 tracks
- Message-ID: <1992Oct16.130011.11190@ida.liu.se>
- Date: 16 Oct 92 13:00:11 GMT
- References: <2648@devnull.mpd.tandem.com> <1992Oct15.082142.19433@ida.liu.se> <Bw6rB7.Mv@da_vinci.it.uswc.uswest.com>
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- Organization: CIS Dept, Univ of Linkoping, Sweden
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- rray@lookout.it.uswc.uswest.com (Randy J. Ray) writes:
-
- >>
- >> If the tracks are cast in resin, which I suspect, I usually heat
- >> the parts in hot water or with a hairdrier and form the tracks
- >> to the requiered shape. Then I glue the parts together and on
- >> the wheels. It is very easy, but don't heat the parts over open
- >> flames.
- >> Goran
-
- >Kasten track is injection-molded. And I believe that the SdKfz 251 set is
- >more complex than just fitting the individual links together. There are
- >rubber blocks that go on, as well? I'll check to see if someone around here
- >has done that track recently, and would let me Xerox the instructions to
- >send you.
-
- >Kasten is good stuff, but almost always has sinkholes. You might as well start
- >filling and sanding now... :-)
-
- >Randy
- >--
-
- Ah, they are made link by link? I didn't know that.
-
- Goran
-